Sr. Financial Systems Architect

IntrepidGS • McLean, VA

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About The Position

The Sr. Financial Systems Architect owns the end-to-end architecture, roadmap, and cloud migration strategy for Deltek Costpoint and adjacent financial applications across a high-growth, PE-backed federal contracting environment. This senior, hands-on role serves as the primary technical and functional authority for Costpoint, bridging Finance and IT to ensure financial systems are scalable, secure, compliant, and aligned with government contracting requirements and investor expectations.

Intrepid operates three Deltek Costpoint instances that are under active re-implementation, with a strategic path toward instance consolidation and cloud migration. The architect will lead architecture design, integration strategy, data conversion, and cutover for the cloud migration; establish integration standards across timekeeping, HRIS, payroll, contracts, procurement, and BI applications; and translate finance and compliance needs into scalable, well-governed technical solutions.

The role also supports GovCon compliance, internal controls, audit readiness, reporting and analytics, vendor management, system governance, and technical guidance for analysts and business super-users. It requires deep Costpoint expertise, cloud and integration experience, and fluency in GovCon financial processes. Travel may be needed to support integration work, vendor management, and business reviews. Ability to obtain Secret or Top Secret clearance is preferred.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• At least eight years of experience with Deltek Costpoint, including advanced configuration, architectural responsibility, and hands-on technical ownership.
• Direct experience designing and/or migrating Costpoint to a cloud environment (hosted, SaaS, or hybrid), including architecture design, data conversion, and cutover execution.
• Hands-on experience with IBM Cognos for building and maintaining financial, project, and executive dashboards tied to Costpoint data.
• Strong understanding of GovCon financial processes, including project accounting, indirect rates, revenue recognition, and contract and billing structures.
• Hands-on experience integrating Costpoint with adjacent platforms, using APIs, ETL, or middleware; relevant platforms include timekeeping, HR, CRM, BI, and procurement.
• Working knowledge of FAR, CAS, and DCAA considerations as they relate to financial systems architecture and data structures.
• Demonstrated cloud architecture experience, including security, access control, performance, and disaster recovery concepts.
• Experience leading ERP or financial system implementations, upgrades, or major enhancements in a GovCon context.
• Ability to translate business requirements into scalable system design and technical specifications and bridge Finance and IT.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including designing scalable, maintainable architectures in complex, multi-system environments.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including presenting architecture and roadmap decisions to Finance, IT, executives, and PE stakeholders.
• Hands-on, detail-oriented, delivery-focused approach, with sound judgment on when to standardize versus customize.
• Comfort operating across dual reporting relationships and multiple stakeholder communities.

Nice To Haves

• Advanced degree or relevant certifications.
• Experience with BI and analytics tools such as Power BI, Tableau, Qlik, or Deltek Analytics, and data warehousing supporting financial reporting.
• Background in finance operations process reengineering, including close, billing, project setup, and indirect rate management.
• Familiarity with modern DevOps or CI/CD practices for enterprise applications and cloud environments.
• Experience in PE-backed environments with heightened reporting, governance, and portfolio company expectations.
• Ability to obtain Secret or Top Secret clearance.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end architecture of Deltek Costpoint and related financial systems, ensuring scalability, security, performance, and alignment with business strategy.
• Lead Costpoint cloud migration architecture, integration strategy, data conversion planning, cutover, and post-migration optimization.
• Drive Costpoint instance consolidation strategy in coordination with the Senior Manager, Financial Systems.
• Establish and enforce SDLC and change management processes for Costpoint enhancements, releases, cloud updates, and configuration governance.
• Improve performance, reliability, and security across the Costpoint ecosystem, including access controls, data governance, and disaster recovery.
• Define and implement integration patterns between Costpoint and timekeeping, procurement, CRM, HRIS, payroll, BI tools, and data warehouses.
• Design and document end-to-end workflows across core Costpoint modules, including GL, AP, AR, billing, project accounting, indirect rates, and revenue recognition.
• Establish integration standards, data models, and technical specifications for enterprise architecture.
• Serve as the primary technical liaison between the Senior Manager, Financial Systems and IT, translating finance and compliance requirements into technical solutions.
• Ensure Costpoint configuration and architecture support DCAA, FAR, and CAS requirements, internal controls, audit readiness, and regulatory obligations.
• Enable reporting, analytics, and KPI visibility for Finance leadership and PE stakeholders.
• Design and support Cognos reporting architecture, dashboards, and data flows tied to Costpoint and adjacent financial data sources.
• Develop and maintain architecture diagrams, configuration standards, integration specifications, data models, and other technical and functional documentation.
• Lead or support vendor management with Deltek and implementation partners, including SOW development, technical reviews, and solution validation.
• Provide technical guidance to financial systems analysts and business super-users on configuration, testing, change management, and issue resolution.
• Participate in and occasionally lead project governance, including steering committees, risk assessments, and post-implementation reviews.
• Monitor GovCon ERP, cloud architecture, and financial systems trends to keep the environment aligned with best practices and investor expectations.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior